Nature of the promoter activated by C.PvuII, an unusual regulatory protein conserved among restriction-modification systems

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 488-497

  Knowle, Dieter ^a   Lintner, Robert E ^a   Tourna, Yara M ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEASE S1; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN PVUIIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 11844250013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.2.488-497.2005     Document Type: Article

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